early update literals

for better cost estimation in the following series for matches.

Unfortunately, this does not necessarily result in better compression.
Results are all over the places,
with best outcome observed for silesia/x-ray
but most other files tend to get slightly worse after this change.

It's strange because it seems that we are just providing more accurate information for the cost estimator.

Anyway, as it also increases code complexity,
it's probably not interesting enough for now.

lib/compress/zstd_opt.c

@@ -324,19 +324,28 @@ ZSTD_getMatchPrice(U32 const offcode,
     return price;
 }
 
-/* ZSTD_updateStats() :
- * assumption : literals + litLengtn <= iend */
-static void ZSTD_updateStats(optState_t* const optPtr,
-                             U32 litLength, const BYTE* literals,
-                             U32 offsetCode, U32 matchLength)
+
+static void
+ZSTD_updateLiterals(optState_t* const optPtr, const BYTE* literals, U32 litLength)
 {
-    /* literals */
     if (ZSTD_compressedLiterals(optPtr)) {
         U32 u;
         for (u=0; u < litLength; u++)
             optPtr->litFreq[literals[u]] += ZSTD_LITFREQ_ADD;
         optPtr->litSum += litLength*ZSTD_LITFREQ_ADD;
     }
+}
+
+/* ZSTD_updateStats() :
+ * assumption : literals + litLengtn <= iend */
+static void ZSTD_updateStats(optState_t* const optPtr,
+                             U32 litLength, const BYTE* literals,
+                             U32 offsetCode, U32 matchLength)
+{
+    DEBUGLOG(6, "ZSTD_updateStats (ll=%u, ml=%u)", litLength, matchLength);
+
+    /* literals */
+    ZSTD_updateLiterals(optPtr, literals, litLength);
 
     /* literal Length */
     {   U32 const llCode = ZSTD_LLcode(litLength);
@@ -1061,6 +1070,7 @@ ZSTD_compressBlock_opt_generic(ZSTD_matchState_t* ms,
     ZSTD_match_t* const matches = optStatePtr->matchTable;
     ZSTD_optimal_t lastSequence;
     ZSTD_optLdm_t optLdm;
+    size_t literalsAlreadyCounted = 0;
 
     optLdm.seqStore = ms->ldmSeqStore ? *ms->ldmSeqStore : kNullRawSeqStore;
     optLdm.endPosInBlock = optLdm.startPosInBlock = optLdm.offset = 0;
@@ -1085,6 +1095,14 @@ ZSTD_compressBlock_opt_generic(ZSTD_matchState_t* ms,
                                               (U32)(ip-istart), (U32)(iend - ip));
             if (!nbMatches) { ip++; continue; }
 
+            if (ip-anchor > 0) {
+                /* if (literalsAlreadyCounted > 0) : avoid double counting */
+                size_t const newlits = (size_t)(ip-anchor) - literalsAlreadyCounted;
+                assert(literalsAlreadyCounted <= (size_t)(ip-anchor));
+                ZSTD_updateLiterals(optStatePtr, anchor + literalsAlreadyCounted, newlits);
+                literalsAlreadyCounted += newlits;
+            }
+
             /* initialize opt[0] */
             { U32 i ; for (i=0; i<ZSTD_REP_NUM; i++) opt[0].rep[i] = rep[i]; }
             opt[0].mlen = 0;  /* means is_a_literal */
@@ -1301,14 +1319,16 @@ _shortestPath:   /* cur, last_pos, best_mlen, best_off have to be set */
                     DEBUGLOG(6, "considering seq starting at %zi, llen=%u, mlen=%u",
                                 anchor - istart, (unsigned)llen, (unsigned)mlen);
 
-                    if (mlen==0) {  /* only literals => must be last "sequence", actually starting a new stream of sequences */
+                    if (mlen==0) {  /* only literals */
                         assert(storePos == storeEnd);   /* must be last sequence */
                         ip = anchor + llen;     /* last "sequence" is a bunch of literals => don't progress anchor */
-                        continue;   /* will finish */
+                        continue;
                     }
 
                     assert(anchor + llen <= iend);
-                    ZSTD_updateStats(optStatePtr, llen, anchor, offCode, mlen);
+                    assert(llen >= literalsAlreadyCounted);
+                    ZSTD_updateStats(optStatePtr, llen - literalsAlreadyCounted, anchor + literalsAlreadyCounted, offCode, mlen);
+                    literalsAlreadyCounted = 0;
                     ZSTD_storeSeq(seqStore, llen, anchor, iend, offCode, mlen);
                     anchor += advance;
                     ip = anchor;
@@ -1317,6 +1337,9 @@ _shortestPath:   /* cur, last_pos, best_mlen, best_off have to be set */
         }
     }   /* while (ip < ilimit) */
 
+    /* update literals statistics, for next block */
+    assert((size_t)(iend - anchor) >= literalsAlreadyCounted);
+    ZSTD_updateLiterals(optStatePtr, anchor + literalsAlreadyCounted, (size_t)(iend - anchor) - literalsAlreadyCounted);
     /* Return the last literals size */
     return (size_t)(iend - anchor);
 }